Brooks Elementary School

Located at 100 School Ln, in Killen, Alabama, Brooks Elementary School is a roomy elementary-level community that serves 874 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by Lauderdale County. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 82% bigger than typical.

Within Lauderdale County, which oversees 14 schools and 7,952 students, Brooks Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Brooks Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Lauderdale County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lauderdale County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Brooks Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lauderdale County put the typical household earns roughly $62,649 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Brooks Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Lauderdale County (combined enrollment of about 12,526 students).

The closest other public school is Brooks High School, roughly 2.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Brooks Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 871 students in 2018 compared to 874 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 89% to 85%.

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